Friday, May 25th, 2012
The Arkansas St Red Wolves will hit the highway in Sun Belt Conference action when they face the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers in a college football game on Thursday night. Kick off time in Western Kentucky is scheduled for 7PM Eastern Time with internet television coverage provided by ESPN360. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this contest and the road team Arkansas St Red Wolves opened as a 10 point favorite with the over under coming in at 52. The early money from the college football betting public has come in on the home underdog Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, as the Arkansas St Red Wolves are currently a 7-point favorite.
Arkansas St is having a poor season at 3-8. They are coming off a home win against North Texas 30-26. The Red Wolves were able to torch the Mean Green defense with 244 yards rushing and 240 through the air. The team had a notable game on the season giving Iowa all they could handle in a 24-21 Hawkeyes victory. The Red Wolves have played to close results early in the season but has been pounded in their past two road games by 17 at Florida Atlantic and by 24 at Middle Tennessee St. Freshman quarterback Ryan Aplin hit on 18 of 28 for 240 yards last week but threw 3 interceptions. The Red Wolves were fortunate to win against North Texas because they lost the turnover battle 3-1. Senior running back Reggie Arnold is averaging 4.4 yards a carry on the season. It’s been a disappointing season for the 4-year player but had a good game last week with 111 yards on 23 carries. Arkansas St is second in the Sun Belt in total defense allowing 351 yards per game. It has been a forgettable season for Western Kentucky in their first season in the Sun Belt. The team is 0-11 this season and fired their coach David Elson after 7 years in the program and turning them into a division 1 team. The Hilltoppers freshman quarterback Kawaun Jakes is hitting on 60% of his passes with 9 touchdowns and 8 interceptions. The youngster had a good game last week at Florida Atlantic with 19 of 28 passes for 146 yards, one touchdown and an interception. The team has played its most competitive games in back to back games by losing by a combined total of 9 points in their past two games. It has been a tough year defensively from Western Kentucky who had to replace all 4 defensively lineman this season. The team is 8th in the Sun Belt in total defense allowing 499 yards per game and a very high 7.1 yards per play against average.
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CFB Trend: Arkansas St Red Wolves are 2-8 ATS this season
The Wagerline consensus has 67.6 the CFB bettors on Arkansas St –7
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